Recognised as Colour

#EFD95E

#EFD95E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFD95E is a yellow with RGB values 239, 217, 94 and HSL 51°, 82%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFD95E#EFD95E

HEX#EFD95E

RGBrgb(239, 217, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.851, 0.3686

RGB percentages93.7%, 85.1%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(50.9, 81.9%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 60.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 60.7%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,718,750

CSS custom property--colour: #EFD95E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#1026A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD450no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DC64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Gold · ΔE 25.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5E74EF

Analogous#EF905E, #BDEF5E

Triadic#5EEFD9, #D95EEF

Split complementary#5EBDEF, #905EEF

Tetradic#5EEF90, #5E74EF, #EF5EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFAE9

Lighter +20%#F8EFBB

Lighter +10%#F4E48C

Darker −10%#EACE30

Darker −20%#D2B515

Darker −30%#A48D10

Darker −40%#75650C

More saturated +25%#FFE44E

Less saturated −25%#D9CA74

Channel breakdown

R239

G217

B94

Red239 (93.7%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue50.9°

Saturation (HSL)81.92%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G D9 · B 5E

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